The Time of the Doctor

241 – "The Time of the Doctor"
241 – "The Time of the Doctor"
Doctor Who episode
	Promotional poster
Cast
	Doctor Matt Smith – Eleventh Doctor;
	Companion Jenna Coleman – Clara Oswald;
	Others Orla Brady – Tasha Lem; James Buller – Dad; Elizabeth Rider – Linda; Sheila Reid – Gran; Mark Brighton – Colonel Albero; Rob Jarvis – Abramal; Tessa Peake-Jones – Marta; Jack Hollington – Barnable; Sonita Henry – Colonel Meme; Kayvan Novak – Voice of Handles; Tom Gibbons – Young Man; Ken Bones – Voice; Aidan Cook – Cyberman; Nicholas Briggs – Voice of the Daleks & Cybermen; Barnaby Edwards, Nicholas Pegg – Daleks; Ross Mullan – Silent; Dan Starkey – Sontaran; Sarah Madison – Weeping Angel; Karen Gillan – Amy Pond; Peter Capaldi – Twelfth Doctor; Daz Parker – Cyberman (uncredited);
Production
Directed by	Jamie Payne
Written by	Steven Moffat
Produced by	Marcus Wilson
Executive producer(s)	Steven Moffat; Brian Minchin
Music by	Murray Gold
Series	2013 specials
Running time	60 minutes
First broadcast	25 December 2013
Chronology
← Preceded by; "The Day of the Doctor"	Followed by →; "Deep Breath"

"The Time of the Doctor" is an episode of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, written by Steven Moffat and directed by Jamie Payne, and was broadcast as the ninth Doctor Who Christmas special on 25 December 2013 on BBC One. It is Matt Smith's fourth Christmas special and his final regular appearance as the Eleventh Doctor and the first full appearance of Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor following his brief cameo in the previous episode "The Day of the Doctor".

The episode also features Jenna Coleman as the Doctor's companion Clara Oswald, plus several enemies of the Doctor, including the Daleks, Cybermen, Silence and Weeping Angels. The episode addresses numerous plot threads developed over the course of Smith's tenure, while also dealing with the regeneration limit established in the 1976 serial The Deadly Assassin.

"The Time of the Doctor" was the most-watched episode of the show in the United States, and obtained a 30.7% viewer share in the UK. It received positive reviews from critics, many of whom called the episode "great". Smith was particularly lauded, and his exit was characterised as graceful and beautiful.